Produce image dynamicly by servlet

[Niu Xiuyuan]

I wanna write a counter by servlet,but I don't know how to do.Who can help me?

[David O'Meara]

Here are the basics:

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Iterator;
import com.sun.image.codec.jpeg.*;
public class ImageServlet extends HttpServlet
{
//... some stuff
    public void service(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws IOException
    {
        res.setContentType("image/jpeg");
        BufferedImage buffImg = new BufferedImage(200,200, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        Graphics2D g2 = buffImg.createGraphics();
//anything you do to the Graphics Context gets written to the BufferedImage
        g2.setColor(Color.red);
        g2.fill(s);
        g2.dispose();
        OutputStream out = res.getOutputStream();
        JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(out);
        JPEGEncodeParam param = encoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(img);
        param.setQuality(1.0f,true);
        encoder.encode(img,param);
        out.close();
    }
}

Basically, anything you do to the Graphics context gets output to the client...
You'll want to write text to the graphics context, obviously!
Dave.

[William Brogden]

You may find it necessary to set the contentLength in addition to the content type. If so you have to write to a ByteArrayOutputStream first so you can get the size - then output the resulting byte array.
Bill

[Tracey Currier]

This is a really good example for what I have been trying to do the last couple of days. But I am still not getting the image drawn in the applet. I checked the byte array, it is loaded in. My utility class says I don't have a jpeg but I will disregard this because I know I have a byte[]. I convert to an int[] and use:
Image temp_image = createImage(new MemoryImageSource(200, 200,int_arr, 0, 200));
g.drawImage(temp_image,0,0,this);
but still doesn't draw, what am I missing?
Thanks

[William Brogden]

If I understand what you are saying, I think the problem is on the Applet end. How are you treating the data stream from the servlet?
If you address the servlet directly from a browser do you get an image?
Bill

[Tracey Currier]

public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException{
ServletOutputStream out = res.getOutputStream();
ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
res.setContentType("image/jpg");
try{

BufferedImage buffImg = new BufferedImage(200,200, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2 = buffImg.createGraphics();
//anything you do to the Graphics Context gets written to the BufferedImage
g2.setColor(Color.red);
Rectangle s = new Rectangle(100,100);
g2.fill(s);
g2.dispose();
JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(out);
JPEGEncodeParam param = encoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(buffImg);
param.setQuality(1.0f,true);
encoder.encode(buffImg,param);


int sizebuf = bout.size();
res.setContentLength(sizebuf);
bout.writeTo(out);
bout.flush();
bout.close();

out.flush();
out.close();

[Tracey Currier]

I just realized that the fill method is fillRect - I will change and try again.

[Tracey Currier]

no, fill is ok, it's fill(shape)
I am thinking that I need to add a ColorModel
to the my MemoryImageSource constructor in the
AppletCode???

[Tracey Currier]

This is how I receive the stream in the applet:
InputStream in = con.getInputStream();
ByteArrayOutputStream bstream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int c=0;int i =0;
while((c = in.read()) != -1){
bstream.write(c);
}

byt_arr = bstream.toByteArray();

[Tracey Currier]

No, I can't call it up in my browser, I didn't
even realize you could do this with an image, I
thought I had to send it to an applet. Neat (especially if I can get it to work).

[Tracey Currier]

I'm using linux op on server and IPlanet web server, I am trying to resolve the awt to X11 graphics environment problem
???

[William Brogden]

I think you are making things overly complex. Instead of reading a byte array and trying to interpret it, read the stream as if it was coming from a file using the built in image grabber in the Applet class -
getImage( URL url )
where the URL addresses your servlet and includes the parameter to identify the image.
Bill

[Tracey Currier]

what would the parameter be?
I tried "image/gif" or "gif"
(changed from jpeg)
and "http"
Thanks!

[Tracey Currier]

I tried the class name of the servlet if this
parameter is "name" like "name of the servlet" when you are mapping the servlet, no go yet

[William Brogden]

I mean like this where the parameter tells the ImgServ which image to serve up.
urlstring = "http:/yourhost/servlet/ImgServ?Image=NameOfImage" ;
In other words what you would have in an <IMG tag in a plain HTML page.
ImgServ does a request.getParameter("Image"); and has to set the content type and content size.
Bill

[Prashanth menon]

Originally posted by Tracey Currier:
No, I can't call it up in my browser, I didn't
even realize you could do this with an image, I
thought I had to send it to an applet. Neat (especially if I can get it to work).

Hi I had checked that code. and I could call it up through the browser.
http://localhost/servlet/SampleImgServlet
may be you should check the content type.
you have set it as "image/jpg". I think it should be "image/jpeg". In the former case you may get the file save as dialog.
Prashanth

[Prashanth menon]

Hi,
Since the Contenttype for the response has already been set as image, how is it possible to send an HTML. I think we must possibly write image to a filestream and the give the path as attribute for SRC of IMG tag.
Prashanth

[Tracey Currier]

it turned out to be a problem with the graphics environment, I was working in a "headless"
environment so could not use the awt classes.
java 1.4 has classes that enable some of the
awt classes in a headless environment. we got
the example to work by installing a graphics environment on the server !!!